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Series: Writings of Alvah Bessie
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Miscellaneous unpublished manuscripts
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Folder
35
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“The Ballad of the International Brigade”: libretto for oratorio or radio ballad, undated
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Box
1
Folder
35
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Untitled play about the Spanish Civil War, undated
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Box
1
Folder
35
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Jules Roy, The Horses of the Sun, translated by Sylviane and Alvah Bessie, undated
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Box
1
Folder
35
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“Condena,” poem in Spanish by Rafael Alberti, December 8, 1970, with translation by Alvah Bessie, as “Sentence”
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Novels
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Box
1
Folder
36
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Chapter from The Un-Americans with preface for publication in The Contemporary Reader, undated, 1950s
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Short stories
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Five short stories by Alvah Bessie with unsigned cover letter to “Bruce” [Rubinstein] from Dan or David Bessie
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Box
1
Folder
37
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“Like Father,” 1935
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Box
1
Folder
37
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“Libation,” 1935
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Box
1
Folder
37
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“The Professor's Friend,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
37
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“Problem in Design,” 1936
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Box
1
Folder
37
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“Vermont Landscape: 1931”
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Box
1
Folder
38
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“American Underground,” by Peter Redman [pseudonym?], 1950
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Box
1
Folder
38
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“In French,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
38
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“I Am Mr. Russki,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
39
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“Bubo virginanus” (first published in Alvah Bessie's Short Fictions, 1982)
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Poetry
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Unbound Typescripts
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?”, undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“The Co-Existence Blues,” 1956
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Five Prison Poems” ( August 10, 1951-titles: “White Night,” “For My Dead Brother,” “A Song for the New Year”-two versions, “For Mr. Lincoln,” “The Free World”)
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Five Songs for Spain” (Missing titles: “Lamentations, For My Dead Brother”; Present titles: 2. “Memory of Battle,” 1951; 3. “Flamenco,” , 1952; 4. “The Dead Past,” , 1952; 5. “For Steve Nelson,” , 1953)
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“For My Daughter,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“For My Dead Brother/Love and Live,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“For My Sons,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“For the Political Prisoners,” December 30, 1953) 3 versions
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Getting Short,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“I Am Addicted to You,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“June 19, 1953,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Miltown Blues” ( 1956), and copy with “Miltown” crossed out and replaced with “Valium” throughout
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Outside Looking In,” 1951
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Parole Board,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Rest Room,” October 21 with Los Angeles Times, , October 20, 1949, clipping on arrest of Dalton Trumbo for drunkenness
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Those Subversive Blues,” verse play, 1960
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Box
1
Folder
40
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Untitled, January 1, 1956
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Box
1
Folder
41
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The Free World (and other captive verse) by Alvah Bessie (introduction, April 9, 1951) Bound typescript of poetry collection
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Film stories and screenplays
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Box
1
Folder
42
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Cross of Gold, 1950 story by Alvah Bessie(?) Inscribed “Black market original ... sold by Ned Young”.
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Box
1
Folder
43
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Executive Action, screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, revisions by Alvah Bessie, May 1973; letter concerning Executive Action from Alvah Bessie, , May 9, 1973 Annotated cylostyled typescript of screenplay with revises inserted
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Box
1
Folder
44
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The “S” Bomb, screenplay by Jerrold I. Zinnamon [and Alvah Bessie, uncredited], 1956
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Box
1
Folder
45
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To Kill a Man, Film Treatment by Alvah Bessie and Helen Clare Nelson [Bessie] based on Bessie's novel Bread and a Stone, undated, but before Alvah Bessie's imprisonment
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Box
1
Folder
46
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The Un-Americans, screenplay by Alvah Bessie from his novel, undated
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Box
1
Folder
47
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The Wasteland, film story by Alvah Bessie, registered April 28, 1976
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Box
1
Folder
48
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Without Fear or Favor, screenplay by Alvah Bessie, October 6 - November 18, 1943
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Miscellaneous articles and a speech
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Box
1
Folder
49
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“Wanted: A People's War” ( undated, but during World War II)
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Box
1
Folder
49
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“A Hero for this Month,” undated, but , late 1940s or 1950s : Newspaper article on Joseph Rosmarin
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Box
1
Folder
49
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“Casablanca Revisited,” article, 1979
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Box
1
Folder
49
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“Fanning the Flames of Discontent,” text of speech to First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, May 29, 1983
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Unpublished Articles
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Group of typescripts originally in folder labeled “unpublished”
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Box
1
Folder
50
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Open letter by Alvah Bessie calling for purchase of War Bonds, January 19, 1942
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Box
1
Folder
50
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“There's a Difference,” short article by Alvah Bessie, with letter from Frances Pinduck reporting rejection by Liberty magazine, January 5, 1943
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Box
1
Folder
50
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“Wings of Victory,” film review, undated, but early 1940s
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Box
1
Folder
50
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Untitled review of film All the King's Men, undated but contemporary with the release of the film
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Box
1
Folder
50
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“The Touchstone (Franco Spain and America since 1939),” unpublished pamphlet, undated (, 1950 or 1951, by internal evidence)
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Box
1
Folder
50
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Letter of resignation by Alvah Bessie from the Communist Party of the USA, February 15, 1957 Carbon draft
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Box
1
Folder
50
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Unpublished reviews of various books on the Spanish Civil War commissioned by Ramparts and San Francisco Chronicle (, 1966-1967)
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Box
1
Folder
50
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Review of Studs Terkel's Hard Times, commissioned but not published by Scanlan's Monthly, March 30, 1970
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Autobiographical Writings
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Box
1
Folder
51
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“Where are you, Leon Ansbacher?” (autobiographical essay), undated Photocopy
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Box
1
Folder
51
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“Slice of Life: Prospectus for a Memoir,” by Alvah Bessie, July 15, 1981 Carbon typescript
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Box
1
Folder
52
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“Sequel (to Inquisition in Eden)”: correspondence with Carey McWilliams of The Nation, 1972, concerning writing reviews for the magazine and possible sequel to Inquisition in Eden; 1951 clippings on Edward Dmytryk's switching sides; , 1972 clippings about Dmytryk and letters to the press by Alvah Bessie; corrected proof of “Sequel”
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